“We fabricated the steel in Newton Aycliffe and transported to the South coast, and Red Funnel ferries took it across to the island.

“The school is also being built on an existing site, which has made the project a bit more difficult logistically, but we’re progressing well.”

Finley Structures was also given a 500-tonne project to build a new school for Abbotsfield School, in West London, for main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland, as well as a 260-tonne contract for Interserve Construction at Roundhay School in Leeds.

It comes just a few months after the Aycliffe firm was awarded a contract to work on a second building at the Universty of Lincoln for BAM Construction.

Graham added: “A lot of what we’re looking at the moment is education-based. It’s a trend that everyone seems to be focusing on at the moment.

“Everyone was building hospitals, then it was supermarkets, but now the focus seems to be on education – new schools and improving schools.

“But it’s another glowing testament that we’ve reacted to the market and continued to pick up major contracts up and down the country.”

Graham admits Brexit has had an impact within the construction industry, but insisted: “We’re more than coping with the current climate.

“An election year followed by a Brexit year has made things very unstable. There’s a lot of indecision and you tend to find it’s famine followed by feast.

“We knew it was going to be a peak-and-trough year but we’ve done very well this year, and we’re now expecting to hear some very positive news soon on our order book going forward.”